climate science

Fertilizing Fields With Sewage Sludge Releases More Microplastics Into the Air Than Previously Believed, Study Finds

Fertilizing Fields With Sewage Sludge Releases More Microplastics Into the Air Than Previously Believed, Study Finds

Microplastics are tiny plastic particles from textiles and other sources that have broken down into smaller and smaller pieces until they are less than five millimeters in length. They have been found all over the world, from sediments in the deep ocean to Arctic snow. Scientists have found that microplastics are being released though natural […]

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    Spring Is Arriving Earlier Across the U.S.

    Spring Is Arriving Earlier Across the U.S.

    By Theresa Crimmins Across much of the U.S., a warming climate has advanced the arrival of spring. This year is no exception. In parts of the Southeast, spring has arrived weeks earlier than normal and may turn out to be the warmest spring on record. Apple blossoms in March and an earlier start to picnic […]

    Longtime Climate Science Foe David Schnare Uses ‘Scare Tactics’ to Bash Transportation Climate Initiative for Koch-Tied Think Tank

    Longtime Climate Science Foe David Schnare Uses ‘Scare Tactics’ to Bash Transportation Climate Initiative for Koch-Tied Think Tank

    By Dana Drugmand Opponents of a regional proposal to curb transportation sector emissions in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic are using a number of deceptive tactics to attack and criticize the Transportation and Climate Initiative. Groups tied to the oil industry have pointed to misleading studies, deployed questionable public opinion polling and circulated an open letter […]

    How Skiers, Snowboarders Are Helping Create Climate Science

    How Skiers, Snowboarders Are Helping Create Climate Science

    Some backcountry skiers and snowboarders are not just hitting the slopes. They’re measuring how deep the snow is and sending the data to climate scientists. Listen here: “We gave them GPS and of course they all had avalanche probes in their backpacks,” Wolken says. “And we said, ‘OK, go out and sample as much as […]

    Beginning a Courageous Journey: Connecting Science & Justice

    Beginning a Courageous Journey: Connecting Science & Justice

    By Dr. Brian R. Shmaefsky One year after the Flint Water Crisis I was invited to participate in a water rights session at a conference hosted by the US Human Rights Network in Austin, Texas in 2015. The reason I was at the conference was to promote efforts by the American Association for the Advancement […]